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10-letter words containing t, e, l, b

  • bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
  • bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
  • bottlenose — a kind of whale or dolphin
  • bottletree — any of a genus (Brachychiton) of trees of the sterculia family, native to Australia, some of which have a swollen, bottle-shaped trunk
  • bottomhole — The bottomhole is the lowest or deepest part of a well.
  • bottomless — If you describe a supply of something as bottomless, you mean that it seems so large that it will never run out.
  • bouillotte — a French card game similar to poker
  • bowler hat — A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common.
  • box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
  • box turtle — any of several North American terrapins (genus Terrapene) with a hinged shell that can be completely closed: usually found on land
  • bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
  • breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
  • breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
  • breathable — A breathable fabric allows air to pass through it easily, so that clothing made from it does not become too warm or uncomfortable.
  • breathless — If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
  • bridgetalk — (language)   A visual language.
  • brightline — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
  • brilliante — with spirit; lively
  • brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
  • broken lot — an irregular quantity or lot of securities that is smaller than the amount normally traded
  • brown belt — a level of expertise just below that of black belt
  • bubble tea — a cold drink, originally from Taiwan, of tea infused with fruit flavouring, shaken to produce bubbles, and served over tapioca pearls in a clear cup. It is usually drunk through a very wide straw
  • bubble-top — a bulletproof, transparent dome, as over the rear section of an automobile
  • bullethead — a head considered similar in shape to a bullet, as that of a person with a high, domelike forehead and cranium and short hair.
  • bulletined — a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
  • bulletwood — the wood of a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Manilkara bidentata, widely used for construction due to its durability and toughness
  • bully tree — any of several tropical American trees of the sapodilla family that yield balata
  • bumblefoot — a swelling, sometimes purulent, of the ball of the foot in fowl.
  • burnt lime — calcium oxide; quicklime
  • burnt-lime — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
  • butlership — the skills of a butler
  • butt plate — a plate made usually of metal and attached to the butt end of a gunstock
  • butterball — a chubby or fat person
  • butterless — without butter
  • buttermilk — Buttermilk is the liquid that remains when fat has been removed from cream when butter is being made. You can drink buttermilk or use it in cooking.
  • buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
  • buttonless — having no button or buttons.
  • buy-to-let — of or relating to the practice of buying a property to let to tenants rather than to live in onself
  • by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
  • by the lee — so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
  • bytesexual — (jargon)   /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
  • cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
  • cablecasts — Plural form of cablecast.
  • cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
  • cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
  • calibrated — marked with units
  • calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
  • cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
  • cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
  • canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
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